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Given a (reduced) locally compact quantum group $A$, we can consider the convolution algebra $L^1(A)$ (which can be identified as the predual of the von Neumann algebra form of $A$). It is conjectured that $L^1(A)$ is operator biprojective if and only if $A$ is compact. The "only if" part always holds, and the "if" part holds for Kac algebras. We show that if the splitting morphism associated with $L^1(A)$ being biprojective can be chosen to be completely positive, or just contractive, then we already have a Kac algebra. We give another proof of the converse, indicating how modular properties of the Haar state seem to be important., Comment: 11 pages

We show in this paper that a certain class of normed modules over the algebra of all bounded operators on a Hilbert space possesses a homological property which is a kind of a functional-analytic version of the standard algebraic property of flatness. We mean the preservation, under projective tensor multiplication of modules, of the property of a given morphism to be isometric. As an application, we obtain several extension theorems for different types of modules, called Arveson-Wittstock type theorems. These, in their turn, have, as a straight corollary, the `genuine' Arveson-Wittstock Theorem in its non-matricial presentation. We recall that the latter theorem plays the role of a `quantum' version of the classical Hahn-Banach theorem on the extension of bounded linear functionals. It was originally proved by Wittstock (1981), and a crucial preparatory step was done by Arveson (1969)., Comment: 19 pages

We study the $H^1$-projective Banach spaces. We prove that they have the Analytic Radon-Nikodym Property, and that they are cotype 2 spaces which satisfy Grothendieck's Theorem. We show also that the ultraproduct of $H^1$-projective spaces is $H^1$-projective. Other results are also discussed., Comment: 17 pages

For a locally compact group G, the convolution product on the space N(L^p(G)) of nuclear operators was defined by Neufang. We study homological properties of the convolution algebra N(L^p(G)) and relate them with some properties of the group G, such as compactness, finiteness, discreteness, and amenability., Comment: 10 pages; references changed, remarks added

We study the injective envelope I(X) of an operator space X, showing amongst other things that it is a self-dual C$^*-$module. We describe the diagonal corners of the injective envelope of the canonical operator system associated with X. We prove that if X is an operator $A-B$-bimodule, then A and B can be represented completely contractively as subalgebras of these corners. Thus, the operator algebras that can act on X are determined by these corners of I(X) and consequently bimodules actions on X extend naturally to actions on I(X). These results give another characterization of the multiplier algebra of an operator space, which was introduced by the first author, and a short proof of a recent characterization of operator modules, and a related result. As another application, we extend Wittstock's module map extension theorem, by showing that an operator $A-B$-bimodule is injective as an operator $A-B$-bimodule if and only if it is injective as an operator space., Comment: Revised version, January 21 2000

It is shown that every continuous homomorphism of Arens-Michael algebras can be obtained as the limit of a morphism of certain projective systems consisting of Fr\'{e}chet algebras. Based on this we prove that a complemented subalgebra of an uncountable product of Fr\'{e}chet algebras is topologically isomorphic to the product of Fr\'{e}chet algebras. These results are used to characterize injective objects of the category of locally convex topological vector spaces. Dually, it is shown that a complemented subspace of an uncountable direct sum of Banach spaces is topologically isomorphic to the direct sum of ({\bf LB})-spaces. This result is used to characterize projective objects of the above category., Comment: 25 pages